by Anne Sebba
Very readable bio of Wallis Simpson and the first written by a woman. Whilst sympathetic, it's pretty much a warts and all look at the woman, her life and the impossible situation she found herself in.The one thing that did strike me while reading this was how much hasn't changed over the years. Th...
I started reading this knowing nothing about Wallis Simpson except that a king abdicated so he could marry her, and that most people seemed to blame her for it. My instinct is to always call BS when a woman is held responsible for a grown man's actions, so when I came across this book and saw that t...
Interesting look at Wallis Simpson. Best parts -- the look at her childhood and life before meeting Edward VIII. Sadly the author does go off on a couple of odd tangents, which are questionable theories at best about Wallis' sexuality and Edward's possibility of austism. Overall, this gets about fou...
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